Harness



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Harness.

' Patented Jan. 18, |881.

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N.PI'ERS FHDTD-llITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

lJOSEPH J. JOHNSON, OF LEBANON, OHIO.

HARNESS.

`.-SPE()IFICA'IION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 236,819, dated January 18, 1881.

Application filed September 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known thatI, JOSEPH J. JOHNSON, of Lebanon, in the county of `Warren and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness, ot' which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement'of devices used in con nection with the back-strap and the collar, whereby provision is made for dispensing with traces or tugs for pulling and with breechin gs for holding-back, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying-drawings, Figure l is a` side view,prepresenting a portion of the righthand side of a harness embodying my im- Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken in the line a: a: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the line y g/*of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a portion of the back-strap.

B is a metallic plate riveted to the rear side of the back-strap and concealed by the.cover ing of said strap.

O is a metallic bar lying against the plate B, but not secured thereto.

D is a metallic keeper lying against the outside of the strap A, and secured thereto by screws L passing through it and through said strap A, plate B, and bar C.

E is a metallic bar, held in place in a horizontal position by the keeper D, and having near its ends two lugs, e e, whichallow it to slide rectilinearly in said keeper for a certain distanceback and forth., but prevent it from coming entirely out of place. lThe lugs e e are perforated so as to form loops or eyes. A plate, f, lies between the bar E and the strap, so as t prevent friction against said strap.

G is a cylindrical sleeve, made in two parts, hinged together atg, and provided with a screw, h, for securing the two hinged parts to each other, so as to clamp between them the vehicle shaft or thill t'. The sleeve G is provided with two` hooks, JJ, for engagement with the=loops or eyesof the lugs e e, so as to connect it to the bar E, as shown in Figs. l and 2, in which position the sleeve is held by means of sliding spring-bolts K K, the points ,of which bear against the loops or eyes when the hooks J are engaged therewith. Said 'bolts are provided 'with thumb knobs or studs for retracting them, when necessary, in order to disconnect the sleeve from the bar E. It desired, they may also be provided with straps l for the same purpose.

In the bar Eis a groove, in which rests a strap, m, leading from the collar. The strap m is held in place in the groove by means of screws or bolts s.

, When the harness is in use the bar E, having the sleeve Gr attached thereto, slides back and forth in the keeper D in accordance with the motions of the horse.

By attaching the shafts or thills to the sleeves and then connecting said sleeves to the back-strap and the collar, as above described, I dispense with the necessity for em-A ploying either traces or tugs for pulling or breechin gs for holding back.

The harness may be adjusted to horses of different sizes by removing the screws or bolts d and s, and raising or lowering the keeper D, and lengthening Or shortening the strap m., and then replacing said screws or bolts.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new `and desire .to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the back-strap A, of the plate B, bar O, and keeper D, as shown and described, for the purpose specitied.

2. The combination, with the keeper D, of the barE,provided with the lugs e e, as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the bar E, provided with the perforated lugs e e, of the sleeve G, provided with the hooks J J and springrbolts K K, as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH J. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

E. S. GULY, En. M. GRAHAM. 

